OK, so I'm sitting here thinking, what could be the best way for Kerry to position himself to the right of Bush, toss in some humor and denegrate the prez all at the same time? Wait for Bush to raise the ghost of Reagan and respond thusly:

"Mr. president, I served with Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a friend of mine. Mr. president, you're no Ronald Reagan."

I honestly don't think we are going to see much ad-libbing from either Canned-idate tonight.

I don't know how much ad-libbing you'll see, but Kerry is VERY GOOD on his feet and he knows how to pivot and parry attacks and questions. He is going to do very, very well and he is going to impress many with just how aggressive he is.

Kerry's biggest problem is that he can't just make a point............He'll make a point, and then spend 15 minutes trying to intellectualize what he meant, because the audience obviously isn't intelligent enough to know what he really meant.

Kerry turning down the AC to 70, so he doesn't sweat like he's walking the green mile, maybe he'll twitch and shiver......

In this format, I think Bush will Own him.

But Jettio will know what he meant, she is the only one intelligent enough to understand, the rest of us are fools.

I don't know how much ad-libbing you'll see, but Kerry is VERY GOOD on his feet and he knows how to pivot and parry attacks and questions. He is going to do very, very well and he is going to impress many with just how aggressive he is.

Mark my words.

He's going to do well.

I agree with you but you really do sound like a right-wing talking head raising Kerry expectations.

__________________"And if you don't know where you're going
Any road will take you there" - George Harrison

I agree with you but you really do sound like a right-wing talking head raising Kerry expectations.

I've watched the Kerry-Weld debates. Dude doesn't back down and he does a great job of turning attacks back on the attacker. Although I'm not so sure his Vietnam schtick ("I've seen people die") is going to be as effective as it may have been in the past. If Kerry hits a home run this will be a new race because the story will be how he has turned it around. If he doesn't, then Bush wins because there isn't a new story.